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[Tropicana]

Okay let's see what do we have so far:




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<span style="font-weight: bold">Bolt Still Could Run 4x400m Relay in London</span>

Much of the talk of Jamaica's Usain Bolt attempting a quadruple gold feat on the track at London 2012 had subsided in the lead-up to the Games—until Bolt himself reignited the conversation on Thursday.

A report from the South African Press Association said Bolt is still in the mix of Jamaican sprinters to be chosen to run in the men’s 4x400m race.

Bolt is already looking to repeat a triple gold performance from Beijing 2008, where he won gold in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay.

&quot;I always see how I come out of the 200m before I decide, like if I'm tired etc,&quot; Bolt said in the story. &quot;If I feel up to it, why not? For my country I would always do what is necessary.

&quot;It all depends what is needed from me because at the end of the day it is about the team.”

Bolt has talked about completing the triple repeat feat to become a ‘walking living legend’.

Only American Carl Lewis has ever repeated in the 100m—and that only happened after Canadian Ben Johnson was suspended and stripped of the gold medal at Seoul 1998. No man has ever repeated as Olympic champion in the 200m.

But Michael Johnson, a double-gold medallist in the 200m and 400m at Atlanta 1996, thinks that Bolt’s inclusion in the 4x400m race would be detrimental to Jamaica—even though he is the world record holder in both the 100m and 200m.

“I don’t think it will be a mistake for him, I think it will be a mistake for the Jamaican coaches to name him to the team because he just hasn’t shown he can run 400m in 44 seconds which is what they would need, or even 45 seconds, and he’s going to have a busy Games,” Johnson told CTVOlympics.ca.

http://www.ctvolympics.ca/athletics/news/article/bolt-still-could-run-4x400m-relay-london.html

[Tropicana]

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Stupid title but...

<span style="font-weight: bold">Jamaican rider proves white girls can jump</span>



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Usain Bolt may be the fastest Jamaican athlete at this year’s Olympics, but Samantha Albert is surely the island’s most tenacious.

<span style="font-weight: bold">No ordinary Olympian</span>

No ordinary Jamaican Olympian – Samantha wears riding boots and jodhpurs rather than spikes and lycra, and she is only the white team member.

Samantha qualified for the games earlier this year as an individual eventer at Ballindinesk in Ireland, riding Carraig Dubh, a former ride of Tina Cook’s. She only took on 'Danny' last November following an incident with her previous Olympic hopeful, Squirt.

&quot;Danny was last to go in and proved what a tough bold horse he is&quot; said Samantha. &quot;He is a very genuine horse who always wants to please. Danny has a very cheeky side to him but that's what makes him such a special horse.&quot;

Born in Canada, to a Jamaican mother and an English father, Samantha moved to her mother’s native country, along with her two sisters, following her parents divorce.

<span style="font-weight: bold">No place like home</span>

With no eventing facilities on the Caribbean island, Samantha’s competitive career started at inter-island showjumping events. But she always had an interest in the sport and would build water jumps by putting logs into the sea.

The family moved once again when Samantha was 15. This time it was to the UK, which gave her the opportunity to try cross-country for real and she has been eventing here ever since. <span style="font-weight: bold">She was offered the opportunity to ride for Canada, but chose to stick with Jamaica despite the lack of funding and team mates. </span>

&quot;I love riding for my country,&quot; Samantha told the Guardian. &quot;I still call Jamaica home, even though I've been in the UK for so long.&quot;

Since qualifying for London 2012 Samantha has been trying to raise the necessary funds to get her there, selling raffle tickets for £10 a pop. Prizes have been generously donated and include three signed shirts from the aforementioned Usain and dinner for four at Frankie Dettori’s London restaurant.

<span style="font-weight: bold">An eye on the medals</span>

This isn’t Samantha’s first games. She became Jamaica's first equestrian Olympian when she took her mare 'Before I Do It' to Beijing in 2008. They completed the cross-country course but were unfortunately eliminated in the show jumping after two refusals. Samantha hopes for a better ride at Greenwich and is aiming for a top 25 placing, although she admits to having her eye on the medals.

&quot;It's a bit of a long shot and would be absolutely incredible, but you have to dream,&quot; she said. &quot;That's what makes us tick.&quot;

http://www.horseandcountry.tv/news/2012/07/20/jamaican-rider-proves-white-girls-can-jump

I hope she wins.

[ILP]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Tropicana</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Okay let's see what do we have so far:
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I hope him learn a new move....cah this one tyad now

[Tropicana]

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It's his trademark. He has to stick with it now.

[Tropicana]

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Olympic ceremonies start with pastoral scenes, children's choirs and livestock.... and a hymn Very traditional English start. Multi-racial group. I like it. Quote from Shakespeare.

Now drums.

Whoa goose bumps to see the sparks coming out of the Olympic rings.

[Wahalla]

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Jerusalem is not really a hymn. Quite the contary. it was suborned by the anglicans. Corpral Behar was among the village cricketers. The pastoral scene was out of the hobbit village and the the industrial scene was out the Two towers.

They never sing the second verse of the anthem god save the queen. but they did have Flower of Scotland.

[Tropicana]

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Ah come on lighten up. It was adorable. Don't you like anything about the opening ceremony so far? Not sure how the jitterbug fits in tough. Isn't that a Yankee dance.

They are featuring a lot of English children's literature. Mary Poppins is bound to show up.

[Gen]

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smaddy soon come bun fyah pan the babylonian system

[Tropicana]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Gen</div><div class="ubbcode-body">smaddy soon come bun fyah pan the babylonian system </div></div>

You know!!

[Tropicana]

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Yup here comes Mary Poppins.

[Tropicana]

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Walhalla I suppose you're going to tell me that Good Christian Men Rejoice and Abide with me are not hymns either.

[Tropicana]

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Nice that they picked a multi-racial family to represent a typical British family.

Cool that they got Millie Small clip in there...and some ska too.

[RichD]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><span style="font-weight: bold">Cathedral bans popular hymn Jerusalem</span>

The Dean of Southwark has not allowed the singing of Jerusalem in the cathedral for some time
By Sophie Borland8:59PM BST 09 Apr 2008338 Comments
Jerusalem, one of the country's best-loved hymns and the favourite of Prime Minister Gordon Brown, has been banned from services at one of Britain's foremost churches.

<span style="font-weight: bold">The verses, which were written by William Blake more than two centuries ago, cannot be sung by choirs or congregations at Southwark Cathedral because the words do not praise God and are too nationalistic, according to senior clergy.</span>

Last week the Dean of Southwark, the Very Rev Colin Slee, advised guests at a private memorial service that the hymn would not be sung because it was &quot;not in the glory of God&quot;.

A spokesman for the Diocese of Southwark disclosed that the Dean had not allowed the verses to be sung during services for some time.

&quot;The Dean, on common with all other cathedral deans, has the authority to decide what material is used in liturgy in the cathedral,&quot; he said.
&quot;The hymn Jerusalem is often used on national occasions, although rarely in Southwark, even on such occasions.

&quot;The Dean of Southwark does not believe that it is to the glory of God and it is not therefore used in private memorial services.&quot;
The hymn, which begins with the words &quot;And did those feet in ancient time&quot;, was first composed by William Blake in 1804 as an introduction to one of his most famous poems Milton.
The words were later written to music in 1916 by Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, an English composer.
The verses are thought to have been based on a legend that Jesus came to England as a young boy and visited the town of Glastonbury, Somerset, where he established a second Jerusalem.
Christians have subsequently interpreted the meaning of the hymn in different ways and some believe that the word &quot;Jerusalem&quot; could be a metaphor for heaven.
It has been suggested that the hymn refers to Jesus coming to England and creating heaven amidst the &quot;dark satanic mills&quot;, the line at the end of the first verse, which has been interpreted as the industrial revolution.
Jerusalem has been banned before by clergymen who do not believe Blake's poetry to be Christian.
In 2001 it was banned from the wedding of a couple in Manchester because the vicar deemed it to be too nationalistic and inappropriate to a marriage ceremony.
According Rev Donald Allister, Vicar of Cheadle, the hymn was a &quot;nationalistic song that does not praise God.&quot;
Meanwhile, St Margaret's, in Westminster, the parish church of Parliament has refused to allow the hymn in the past because its clergy deemed the &quot;dark satanic mills&quot; discriminated against people living in the city.
In 1996 Prime Minister Gordon Brown made a memorable appearance on Radio 4's Desert Island Discs in which he listed Jerusalem amongst his ten favourite records.
In 2000 the hymn was made the official anthem of the England football team in the Euro 2000 tournament in Belgium and the Netherlands.</div></div>

[Tropicana]

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Man people have to complicate and try to soil everything don't they? Some clearly need to get a life.

See what I mean about revisionist approach to history You always dig up stuff like this. It's been suitable as a hymn for over 200 years and now it is called into question. Same with this nonsense of changing hymns to inclusive language. Yes I am against that too.

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BTW, this wasn't even the hymn I was talking about when I posted. I will have to watch the re-run at 7:00 to tell you.

Anyway Parade of nations is starting with Greece and they have a Black athlete as part of the Greek contingent this year. Onoo naw go spwoil the Parade of nations fi me.

Remember Prince Philip is Greek.

[Tropicana]

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What are the little girls who are walking with each team carrying.